For the first time in about a decade the Red Sox have a farm system that can best be described as “thin.” Despite that the Sox are in pretty good shape as the core of the roster is relatively young and club controlled for 2-3 more seasons which is plenty of time for things to be built back up. With that in mind I want to consider a few guys currently in the system who in my opinion could be breakout stars in 2018;

For 2011 each voter should rank the top 15 players from all leagues combined.

Balloting is scheduled to close at 4pm EDT on 7 February 2018.

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FanGraphs released the Red Sox’ ZiPS projections today and I think it is somewhat enlightening. With the daily “there are no new updates on J.D. Martinez” updates I think it is worth taking a gander at how the team projects. I used wOBA because it is a nice neat number to go with and compare year over year;